PROTOCOLS FOR FACILITATING BROADER ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20140274078A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Reudink, Douglas O., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,713,013 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/446
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a communication device (smartphone or wearable device, e.g.) or other wireless communication participant (motor vehicle having a wireless communication capability, e.g.).

Claims

1. A communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;

a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate;

a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate; and

a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to cause a second mobile device to indicate some of the wireless connectivity map audibly or visibly after the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the second mobile device comprising at least one of a handheld device or a wearable assembly.

2. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain the first location estimate describing the first location of a first mobile device, the first transistor-based circuit including a first electrical node set upon which a first voltage configuration manifests the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device

the second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the second transistor-based circuit including a second electrical node set upon which a second voltage configuration manifests the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate; and

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, the third transistor-based circuit including a third electrical node set upon which a third voltage configuration manifests the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map.

3. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

a fifth transistor-based circuit configured to cause a third mobile device to indicate some of the wireless connectivity map visibly, the third mobile device being a motor vehicle or being a handheld device.

4. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

a third mobile device configured to indicate some or all of the wireless connectivity map, the wireless connectivity map indicating wireless local area network (WLAN) service provided within a region as a response to an indication from the first device of the WLAN service being operative within the region.

5. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the first mobile device.

7. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the first transistor-based circuit, configured to obtain the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device by receiving the first location estimate from the first mobile device; and

the third transistor-based circuit, configured to obtain the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate by receiving the first provenance data from the first mobile device.

8. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a fifth transistor-based circuit configured to cause at least some of the wireless connectivity map to be displayed via the first mobile device after the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.

9. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a fifth transistor-based circuit configured to cause at least some of the wireless connectivity map to be displayed, the wireless connectivity map indicating a service boundary relating to a prospective interpersonal communication.

10. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry in the first mobile device configured to compare a data block delivery failure rate against a threshold.

11. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to display via a third mobile device at least some of the wireless connectivity map, the wireless connectivity map depicting a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective intercommunication at least between the third device and a fourth mobile device.

12. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a third mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the third mobile device.

13. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the wireless signal.

14. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of the first mobile device; and

transistor-based circuitry configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the first mobile device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold.

98. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the first mobile device, comprising a jailbroken communication device, the first mobile device including a transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and a second mobile device as a conditional response to whether or not a user apparently preferred a first option at the first mobile device, the unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and the second mobile device including a wireless signal from the second mobile device; and

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of the first mobile device or through a second memory of the first mobile device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether or not second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the first criterion being a component of the protocol.

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15. A communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;

a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate; and

a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.

17. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to cause a second mobile device to indicate some of the wireless connectivity map visibly after the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the second mobile device comprising at least one of a handheld device or a wearable assembly.

18. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to cause a second mobile device to indicate some of the wireless connectivity map visibly, the second mobile device being a motor vehicle or being a handheld device or being a wearable assembly.

19. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

an integrated circuit (IC) chip, the IC chip having a first portion and a second portion and a third portion, the first portion of the IC chip being the first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device, the second portion of the IC chip being the second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the third portion of the IC chip being the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.

21. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

a second mobile device configured to indicate some or all of the wireless connectivity map, the wireless connectivity map indicating WLAN service provided within a region as a response to an indication from the first device of the WLAN service being operative within the region.

24. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the first mobile device having a nonvolatile memory, the nonvolatile memory containing an antenna configuration data structure.

26. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the first mobile device, comprising a jailbroken communication device.

29. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the first mobile device configured to use a first nominal uplink frequency of at least about 2.4 GHz and of at most about 5 GHz; and

the first mobile device configured to use a first nominal downlink frequency of at least about 2.4 GHz and of at most about 5 GHz.

36. The communication management system of claim 15, further comprising:

a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to cause at least some of the wireless connectivity map to be displayed, the wireless connectivity map indicating a service boundary relating to a prospective interpersonal communication.

42. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to display via a second mobile device at least some of the wireless connectivity map, the wireless connectivity map depicting a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective intercommunication among several mobile devices, the several mobile devices including the second mobile device but not including the first mobile device.

53. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause a hand off of an interpersonal communication from a WLAN access point to a cellular base station at least partly based on the wireless connectivity map.

56. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the second transistor-based circuit including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.

57. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the third transistor-based circuit including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map.

99. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the first mobile device, comprising a jailbroken communication device, the first mobile device including a transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and a second mobile device as a conditional response to whether or not a user apparently preferred a first option at the first mobile device, the unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and the second mobile device including a wireless signal from the second mobile device; and

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of the first mobile device or through a second memory of the first mobile device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether or not second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the first criterion being a component of the protocol.

100. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry in the first mobile device configured to compare a data block delivery failure rate against a threshold; and

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the wireless signal;

a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to cause a second mobile device to indicate some of the wireless connectivity map audibly or visibly after the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the second mobile device comprising at least one of a handheld device or a wearable assembly.

101. The communication management system of claim 15 further comprising:

the third transistor-based circuit configured to signal the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, including

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a third mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the third mobile device; and

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the wireless signal;

a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to cause a second mobile device to indicate some of the wireless connectivity map audibly or visibly after the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the second mobile device comprising at least one of a handheld device or a wearable assembly; and

a fifth transistor-based circuit configured to cause at least some of the wireless connectivity map to be displayed via the first mobile device after the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.

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62. A communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

means for obtaining a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;

means for obtaining first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate; and

means for signaling a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.

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79. A communication management method comprising:

obtaining a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;

obtaining first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate; and

invoking a transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.

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97. An article of manufacture comprising:

one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output manifesting an occurrence of

obtaining a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;

obtaining first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate; and

signaling a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.